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Little Trouble in Big Tirana
... in the city and was fortunately spared destruction during the atheism campaigns of the late 1960’s, due to it’s status as a cultural monument. Next door to the mosque was an old clock tower, designed and built in 1822 by Haxhi Et'hem Bey, the same man who built the mosque.
Heading further east through a small park, we saw a statue dedicated to the Unknown Partisan (rebel fighters who fought during the Second World War) and also the Palace of Culture, ...
Frustrated in Tirana
... that all the bus transportation in Albania is independent and that the busses leave from various locations within the city depending on the direction you wanted to travel. It felt like we were in some sort of board game hopping around from space-to-space but in the end we found out the information we needed, flagged a cab to take us to the bus location for Sarande so we new how to get there in the morning.
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First day of touring
... and go outside”.
We told Klodi that it was necessary to stop at a fruit market and get some fruits for my daughter. He took us to a nice one that wasn’t that far from the hotel and we purchased some strawberries, some grapes, a cauliflower and some pears I think. The strawberries were quite expensive, being about $10 in price for a small container but they were delicious. We got a couple ...
Arrival in Tirana
... e’s pronounced like short 'a’ and accent on second and fourth syllables and all letters pronounced including the last t). Wasn’t until I had him write it in my book that I got good at it.
We learned tonight that Albanian is a unique language, according to Klodi, which means that there aren’t any others like it. But it was an oral language until 1906 or so. As we discovered during the ...
Hurt in Tirana!
Wat ik eigenlijk had willen voorkomen, is toch gebeurd; ik ben (om)gevallen. Het is niet zo erg als het klinkt, maar toch jammer, en een klein beetje dom. Ik had het willen voorkomen omdat het er schijnbaar bijhoort. De Gs is nogal zwaar, dus omvallen zit in een klein zwaar hoekje. Juist daarom had het mij niet moeten gebeuren, dat wilde ik graag...later meer. Op naar Tirana, Albanië. Het belooft een rit te worden want de wegen en het verkeer schijnt er niet best te zijn. Ik ...
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